Wine Aroma Tasting Kit
Twelve little vials that teach you what cherry, leather, and barnyard actually smell like.
≈ $65–$169price range
An aroma kit (Le Nez du Vin is the famous one, but there are great $40 alternatives) is a wooden case of tiny scent vials — blackberry, vanilla, smoke, wet leaves, brett. Sniff one, then sniff the wine, and the words finally make sense.
Best gift we've found for someone who likes wine but feels self-conscious about describing it.
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Todd's wife went from 'it tastes like wine' to 'cassis and cedar' in one weekend.
The newer wine drinker who wants to actually talk about it.
- 12–24 aroma vials
- Wooden presentation case
- Includes tasting guide
- Reusable
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